Rapid Radiations and the Race to Redundancy: An Investigation of the Evolution of Australian Elapid Snake Venoms

Australia is the stronghold of the front-fanged venomous snake family Elapidae. The Australasian elapid snake radiation, which includes approximately 100 terrestrial species in Australia, as well as Melanesian species and all the world's true sea snakes, may be less than 12 million years old.....

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Main Authors: Timothy N. W. Jackson, Ivan Koludarov, Syed A. Ali, James Dobson, Christina N. Zdenek, Daniel Dashevsky, Bianca op den Brouw, Paul P. Masci, Amanda Nouwens, Peter Josh, Jonathan Goldenberg, Vittoria Cipriani, Chris Hay, Iwan Hendrikx, Nathan Dunstan, Luke Allen, Bryan G. Fry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Toxins
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/8/11/309